Automobile-covering.



A. SCHREIBER & 0. MEISTER AUTOMOBILE GOVERING.

APIfLIOATION FILED MAY 5, 1909.

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ALBIN SGHREIBER AND OTTO MEISTER, 0F UNTERMHAUS,

NEAR GERA, GERMANY.

AUTOMOBILE-COVERING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1'7, TQM).

Application filed May 5,-1909.- Serial No. 494,051.

,To all whom it may concern:

- frame work, is not subjected to any undue tiinges f are strain. Our improved hood is further so constructed that the front section thereof may be readily folded against its rear section Without collapsin the latter. In tlus way, the front seats of the automobile may be uncovered, While the rear seats thereof may be properly protected against wind, rain etc.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a side view of an automobile body provided with our improved hood, showing the latter unfolded, and Fig. 2 asimilar view showing the hood folded and with the awning omitted.

The hood comprises essentially a main hoop a pivoted to the automobile body 7.: as at 0 To hoop a. are fulcrumed the rear hoops b and o, hoops a, b and a serving jointly as support for the rear section of an awning e. The front section of the latter is supported by an outrigger hoop g 'connected'by stop hinges f to links g which are in turn fulcrumed to hoop a as at .g so constructed that hoop 9 may e readily folded upward, while a down- Ward movement of the same beyondalinement with links 9 is prevented. Hoop g hoop,

is by braces i connected to hoop a, while an auxiliary hoop h, pivoted to braces 2', serves as support for the front section of awning 6 intermediate hoops a and g.

In order to collapse the hood, hoop g is Tlightly raised, parts g, g are folded against 100p iolded to occupy the position illustrated in 1g. 2.

If desired, front hoop g may be folded against hoop a without collapsing the rear section of the hood, so that parts a, b and (1 remain in the position shown in Fig. 1. This form of the hood is particularly desirable in case of side Winds so that the occupants of the rear seats are properly protected. If thehood were entirely unfolded, its lowered front section would render conditions worse by catching the wind while the occupants of the front seat would nevertheless be unprotected.

"vVe claim:

An automobile hood, comprising a main an articulated outrigger hoop pivoted thereto and having stop-hinges intermediate its inner and outer members, a covering secured at its front end to the top of the outer member, braces connecting said outer member with the main hoop, and an auxiliary hoop pivoted to said braces intermediate the outrigger hoop and main. hoop and supporting the covering back of the outrigger hoop.

In testimony whereof We affix our signa- 4 tures.

ALBIN SCHREIBER. OTTO MEISTER.

a and the rear section of the hood is 

